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How would you round out the Paolo/Franz/Bol starting lineup?

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Re: How would you round out the Paolo/Franz/Bol starting lineup? 

Post#41 » by Husky1 » Sun Nov 6, 2022 7:53 am

Fultz, Bol, Franz, Paolo, Isaac is the best starting 5 we could roll out of healthy.
Second unit Suggs, Harris, Chuma, WCJ, Mo W.
That team competes with anyone. This year
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Re: How would you round out the Paolo/Franz/Bol starting lineup? 

Post#42 » by zaymon » Sun Nov 6, 2022 10:38 am

Husky1 wrote:Fultz, Bol, Franz, Paolo, Isaac is the best starting 5 we could roll out of healthy.
Second unit Suggs, Harris, Chuma, WCJ, Mo W.
That team competes with anyone. This year


Fultz doesnt fit becouse he cant shoot and is not a good defender. Suggs is so much better in that lineup even with all his flaws. Also look at type of energy our players have. Franz is competetive, composed but emotional. Paolo is even calmer, shows less emotion. WCJ shows more energy when he has its going but gets easly frustrated, his energy level fluctuates. Bol is also rather low energy.
Suggs is the only one with naturally high energy level. Yes he makes a lot of mistakes, but without him rest of the guys look lethargic at times unless we make some crazy plays and WCJ wakes up.
Fultz is not high energy guy. He is kind of similar to WCJ. Its great when its going good, but he panics and starts making mistakes when the stakes getting higher.
Gary Harris is another one with naturally high energy. Its good to have at least two energetic guys in the lineup. Thats one of the reasons our bench units suck. Kevon Harris is the only guy until Moe Wagner returns. Hampton has high energy but he is dumb.
My money is on Banchero going number 1 !
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Re: How would you round out the Paolo/Franz/Bol starting lineup? 

Post#43 » by Magiclee » Sun Nov 6, 2022 4:02 pm

tooler wrote:
Magiclee wrote:I didn't bother to respond to this earlier because it just seemed silly. It does not seem silly anymore. This is THE question now. I assumed our "big trade" would be some guards... but at this point what if it's Wendell we need to move? Bol looks that good. WCJ is still a good player on a great deal that could be our big chip.

Nah, you still need WCJ out there for the big bodies. Not to mention he's the only one on the team that sets screens.


Agreed about the screens. Paulo and Franz could screen but without a ballhandler that can shoot they need to be the ones screened for. I'm just not sure how sustainable a Carter/Bol/Paulo/Franz/Anyone lineup is over time, but Franz breaking out of his 3pt slump would go a long way to making this lineup work.

I think with how Bol is playing, Carter could become a luxury. It's great to have him but maybe he can get us something else. We got two firsts and WCJ for Vuc and I don't think there's a team out there that wouldn't rather have WCJ considering age and contract.

Or we go the other way and Bol is the luxury. We sell him high after essentially getting him for nothing. He'd need to demonstrate this play for a longer stretch but others would love to have him just as much if not more than WCJ. But because of his salary we'd only be able to get picks back and I'm not sure that's the direction we need to go at this point.
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Re: How would you round out the Paolo/Franz/Bol starting lineup? 

Post#44 » by golfreak » Sun Nov 6, 2022 4:12 pm

I'd say have Suggs, XXX(probably Harris), Paolo, Franz, WCJ for the starting lineup.
I love Bol Bol but put him on the second unit because this guy can get buckets on his own and we desperately need scoring on the 2nd unit. I like Bol and Cole on the 2nd unit.

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